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  • Diamondbacks rally in 9th falls short at Miami

    Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, left, is robbed of a foul ball by a fan in the stands during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Miami. The Marlins defeated the Diamondbacks 2-1. (AP Photo/Wilfredo ...

  • Marc Caputo IRS does bad job with bad laws

    Congress vs. IRS: The do-littles vs. the do-wrongs. With 79 percent of Americans disapproving of its performance, Congress finally found a government group that’s probably more disliked than the politicians: the tax bureaucrats. The U.S. House's tax-agency inquests that began Thursday and run through this week are bad American government on display. At the least, the hearings make ...

  • Small Florida town buzzing over news of local lotto winner

    Clutching the Powerball tickets that she estimates she won $8 on, Denise Godsey looks over at a gaggle of gathered television news trucks at a Publix in Zephyrhills, ...

  • Small Florida city wonders who hit historic $590.5M Powerball lottery jackpot

    Kelly Branscom, of Zionsville, buys 2 Powerball lottery tickets, one for her and one for her cat Token, from a walk up window at a Hess gas station on the corner of Brodhead Avenue and Broadway, Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Bethlehem, Pa.. At left, is Alex Lopez, of Bethlehem, with Powerball tickets in hand. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Stephen ...

  • Trailer Home Fire Being Investigated as Arson Davie Police

    Tossie Crowder is trying to figure out what started the fire that destroyed the Allapattah home where she lives with her 17-year-old nephew. She and Miami Fire-Rescue spokesman Lt. Ignatius Carroll spoke about the fire, which is being investigated as a possible ...

Movie Review

Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues [DVD]

Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues [DVD]

It's never a good sign when a movie has serious problems with its title. Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, which has also been known as The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II, is a sequel not to a movie called Boggy Creek or ... ...

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  • Sunrise clinic renamed for Bill Kling veterans advocate

    Mike Ryan, left, Mayor of Sunrise; Sylvia Gallen, second from left; U.S. Rep Ted Deutch, third from left; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, fourth from left; and Dr. Gwen Findley, Assistant Director of the Veteran's Adminstration Miami Healthcare System, right, look up as the William "Bill," Kling Outpatient Clinic in Sunrise is ...

  • Port Everglades workers struck by cargo container

    Port Everglades worker was hospitalized after he was hit by a cargo container Sunday afternoon, Broward Sheriff's officials said. The 52-year-old man was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with injuries that were not life threatening, Mike Jachles, a spokesman for ...

  • MLB Tampa Bay 3 Baltimore 1

    Tampa Bay Rays beat Baltimore 3-1 to complete a three-game sweep. Moore surrendered five hits, walked only one and struck out three en route to his major-best eighth victory. The left-hander lowered his ERA to 2.29 with the 106-pitch ...

  • Forensics utilized in animal abuse crackdown

    Adam Leath deals with the ugliness of animal abuse daily, operating out of a closet-sized office as the Gainesville-based southeast regional director of investigations and response for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) since late 2011.But he hopes through his work that more people who abuse or neglect animals will pay for their crimes.';Law enforcement, ...

  • Suspects wanted in Port Orange Kohls robbery

    A still image taken from surveillance footage of a suspect wanted in a robbery of a Port Orange Kohl's Department Store. (IMAGE/Port Orange Police ...

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